Safety cameras coming to 11 more Columbus locations

Columbus will begin installing an additional 33 neighborhood-safety cameras this week at 11 locations in the Hilltop and South Linden neighborhoods and on the Near East and South sides.

Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch

Columbus will begin installing an additional 33 neighborhood-safety cameras this week at 11 locations in the Hilltop and South Linden neighborhoods and on the Near East and South sides.

By the end of the month, the city will have nearly 150 cameras in place.

Last year, the city installed 111 cameras in the Hilltop, South Linden, Weinland Park, Mount Vernon Avenue and Livingston Avenue areas. Officials said the cameras have helped reduce corner drug sales, prostitution and loitering.

The new camera locations:

Hilltop:

• W. Broad and S. Terrace streets

• W. Broad and Wayne Avenue

• W. Broad and Wheatland Avenue

South Linden:

• Cleveland and E. 13th avenues

• Cleveland and E. 23rd Avenue

Near East and South sides:

• Livingston and Bulen avenues

• E. Main Street and Lilley Avenue

• E. Whittier Street and Oakwood Avenue

• Lockbourne Avenue and Smith Road

• E. Whittier and Wilson Avenue

• Ann Street between Forest and Columbus streets

Neighborhood support, along with crime data and police input, help determine where cameras go.

mferenchik@dispatch.com

@MarkFerenchik

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